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The message being sent by Billy Witz in his article, “This Time, Colin Kaepernick Takes a Stand by Kneeling” is that the United States has to start treating every citizen equally. Not too long ago, Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, decided to take a seat during the national anthem rather than stand with his team. Most people in the crowd booed Kaepernick because they had thought that he was underrating the sacrifices made by the military. After the game, he stated, “I

Abstract The purpose of the paper is to discover to what extent does the motivation of coaches effect football players? Using several research studies to support the claim. Coaches’ motivation heavily effects football players because it wills them to win. Motivation Motivation is the desire or want to do things. It is the psychological reason behind wanting or achieving something. In our daily lives, motivation plays a key part in how we operate at work, at home, and even in

between the African American community and the police force. Many disagree and prosecute Colin for his actions while others encourage and stand behind him and I’m happy to say I’m in the latter. All eyes during the National Anthem are on the San Francisco 49ers quarterback and other NFL players who have joined him in sitting or kneeling during the anthem. Beginning August 14th, 2016 Kaepernick began sitting during the national anthem this preseason. A silent protest to show support for people of color

In 1932, United States Congress passed a bill to allow “The Star-Spangled Banner,” to become the official national anthem for the United States of America (Ng, 2016). San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, refuse to stand, however, he taken a knee for the national anthem while performing in a National Football League game. The quarterback action during a football game caused a stir controversy as to why he took a knee. Colin Kapernick stated that he took a knee due to the police brutality

his money and his fame will not remove that blackness. Nor will they keep him safe when he’s out of uniform.(Oluo). The decision of Kaepernick to take a stand by taking a knee while he is in such a prominent position by being the quarterback of the 49ers. I feel that he is deciding to bring the topic of oppression to the forefront when nobody wants to talk about but he is forcing people to anyways. “I’m comfortable with everything that I’m saying, what I represent and who I am,” he said of his growth

proposing to the one someone is in love with, it is customary to kneel on one knee and ask the question, this is seen a sign of submission and it is also seen as a loving gesture. Oddly enough, ever since Colin Kaepernick, who played for the San Francisco 49ers, took a knee during the National Anthem, to spread awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement, kneeling has all of a sudden started to become seen as uncivil, hateful, and plain rude. Throughout history, kneeling has been seen as a sign of

It all started when Colin Kaepernick’s a famous football player who decided not to do the national anthem on Saturdays games and sparked a change, a sort of protest. Colin, a professional quarterback in a largely populated city San Francisco, team name 49ers of the N.F.L., Colin K., decided not to stand up for the national anthem as the rest of the audience and media capture this movement. Till this day Colin still continues to kneel for the national anthem in his sports games and in different arenas

In the last five years the Seahawks have been to the Super Bowl twice and the 49ers have been once. The Rams haven’t made the playoffs since 2004. That’s 11 years and if they don’t want to continue that trend something has to change. The Rams defense gave up 20.6 points on average last season and were the 20th ranked team in that

12 days have gone by from the start of free agency and Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned. Spike Lee believes the fact that Kaepernick, who has played for the 49ers since 2011, is unsigned "smells mad fishy." There are more than a few people who believe Kaepernick’s lack of a contract is a grand NFL conspiracy and Kaepernick is being blackballed for his National Anthem protests last season. Any front-office conversation about Kaepernick must to begin with his poor play, he also showed some flashes

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick became a free agent in 2016. He protested racial injustice and police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem of the 2016 preseason. Colin Kaepernick is still a free agent to this day, many believe that he has not to be picked by another team to play because of his actions. Some have found his kneeling during the national anthem to be disrespectful. There are others who believe what he did was an act of justice. Colin Kaepernick shows